“An intricate, cyberpunk dystopian thriller that will keep readers engrossed.”
—Publishers Weekly BookLife Editors’ Pick

Fourteen-year-old Jessie Larivee wants to go to Sweetland. There is no future on Earth for children like her. She has been taking virtual classes at an online university, and she is determined to emigrate, no matter the cost. But she hasn’t figured out how to convince her luddite dad.

Joe Larivee is a social worker trying to help the growing legions of the poor while keeping his own head above the water. In 2038 the water is rising fast, fed by global warming and collapse of the ice caps. America is on the verge of war and economic disaster. For the starving many, rumors of a new answer have arrived. It’s Sweetland, a newly-discovered earth-like world. And there’s a novel way to get there — through the virtual reality called New Life.

But Joe’s not buying it. What is Sweetland, really?

With the help of cyber-sleuth, Claire Deluna, he vows to discover the truth, and if Sweetland is real, does he follow his daughter and lover and escape the hell Earth has become, or does he stay and fight for the unfortunate ones he has spent his life serving, and, in the process, just maybe redeem himself for the betrayal which eats at his conscience?

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